We’ve all been there – getting a phone call from a frustrated business owner complaining the Wi-Fi is not working. So, you schedule a site visit and send a technician out to assess the situation....More

Cisco is betting big on guiding networking customers and partners through the digital transformation. This week, it’s announced a new line of firewalls, as well as additional products and services to its Digital Network Architecture (DNA) program, expanding its scope to help the channel leverage new automation and security technology in a consultative approach....More

Verizon Communications Inc. will test faster fifth-generation mobile broadband service in 11 markets in the first half of this year as the nation’s largest wireless carrier tries to take the lead in the 5G race....More

Arista Networks finally caught a break in its long legal battle against Cisco Systems. A federal court in Northern California denied Cisco’s demand for $335 million in damages and ruled Arista did not infringe a Cisco patent, nor Cisco’s copyright on its user manuals....More

For the last couple of years, partners have been bombarded with the IoT message. It’s where the future lies: big data, analytics, connectivity. But we’re only just now beginning to see technology come together in a way that enables practical application of IoT technology, even for small to midsize partners....More

The rise of cloud technology hasn’t killed hardware sales altogether. As many VARs are banking on, public clouds, data analytics, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT) all have to reside in some kind of hardware....More

Virtualizating Infrastructure: Go or No for Customers?

Network infrastructure virtualization is popular among IT organizations for its ability to combine hardware and software network resources and enable mobile workers to access corporate files from any device, at any time. But some companies continue to show resistance when it comes to moving their legacy data centers to the cloud. What are some of the most pressing issues stopping organizations from virtualizing their infrastructure?